AI Jesus? Experts question wisdom of godbots

Researchers raise concerns about giving moral authority to artificial intelligence, specifically "godbots."

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Oct. 9, 2023 ~11 min

10 things to know about the updated COVID vaccines

Experts have answers for you on the updated COVID vaccines, including when to get the jab, which variants they should work against, and more.

Kathy Katella-Yale • futurity
Oct. 6, 2023 ~11 min


Algorithm predicts 70% of earthquakes in trial

A new algorithm correctly predicted 70% of earthquakes a week before they happened during a seven-month trial in China.

Constantino Panagopulos-UT Austin • futurity
Oct. 6, 2023 ~5 min

New clues shed light on long COVID mysteries

New research provides important clues that may help in developing new diagnostics and therapies for long COVID.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
Oct. 3, 2023 ~4 min

Climbing enough stairs a day could cut heart disease risk by 20%

A new study finds that walking more than five flights of stairs a day can reduce the risk of Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Andrew Yawn-Tulane • futurity
Oct. 2, 2023 ~3 min

WiFi can ‘read’ letters through walls

Researchers have shown off a technique that allows WiFi to "read" English letters through a wall.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Oct. 2, 2023 ~7 min

Self-driving robot can run indefinitely on harvested power

A self-driving robot that weighs about the same as a raisin only needs surrounding light or radio waves to run indefinitely.

Stefan Milne-U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 29, 2023 ~6 min

OSIRIS-REx lands capsule with asteroid Bennu samples

After traveling billions of miles, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission has landed a capsule with rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 26, 2023 ~10 min


You might be flossing your teeth all wrong

"Flossing is beyond just putting a piece of floss between your teeth to get a piece of food out."

Helene Ragovin-Tufts • futurity
Sept. 20, 2023 ~7 min

Deadly hospital infection may have surprising origin

Deadly hospital infections caused by Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, may not result from transmission after all, researchers report.

Kelly Malcom-U. Michigan • futurity
Sept. 19, 2023 ~6 min

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